Here is a list of the trails available in the county
Trail Name | Trail type | Length | Location |
Kingfisher Trail | 480km On Road Cycling route through Fermanagh & Leitrim, part Monaghan | 35 km loop in Co. Monaghan | Clones, Newbliss, Scotshouse |
Monaghan Slí | Sli Na Slainte on-road Walking Route | 2.5 km | Monaghan Town |
Clones Slí | Sli Na Slainte Walking Route | 3.3 km | Clones Town |
Carrickmacross Slí | Sli Na Slainte Walking Route | 3 km | Carrickmacross Town |
Carrickmacross Looped trails | 5 looped on-road trails around south Monaghan | Trail 1: 4km Trail 2: 9.6km Trail 3: 7.5km Trail 4: 8km Trail 5: 24/32km | All beginning in Carrickmacross |
Monaghan Way – temporarily closed & under review | Mixed surface, off and on-road way-marked walking/ hiking route | 56.5 km | Clontibret to Inniskeen via Castleblayney |
Rossmore Park Trails | Gravelled walking trails within a forest park | Castle trail: 3km Lake trail: 8km Wheelchair friendly trail: 2km Family Cycle trail: 2.5km Loop of forest: 8km | On the edge of Monaghan Town, linked to town by Greenway |
Dartrey Forest Trails | Rough gravelled trails within a mostly commercial forestry, with recreational amenities at Cootehill end. Annual horseriding licences available from Coillte for this amenity | Approx. 10km | Between Rockcorry and Cootehill |
Ulster Canal Greenway | Off-road walking and cycling route | 4.2 km complete in Monaghan town to extend to Middletown in 2022, then towards Clones | Monaghan Town |
Ulster Canal Cycle Trail | On-road cross border cycle trail from Maghery on Lough Neagh to Clones via Glaslough and Monaghan | 79.9km, about 50% of which is in Co Monaghan | Follows the path of the canal as closely as possible by road |
Sliabh Beagh cross border Cycle Trails McKenna trail: 60km Shane Bearnagh Trail: 60km Finn trail: 29km Teighes Hill trail: 34km Carraig na Brattogh trail: 31km | On-road cross border cycling routes across Sliabh Beagh mountain which lies between counties Monaghan, Tyrone and Fermanagh | Two of the routes have significant sections in Co Monaghan: McKenna trail: nearly all of the 60km Shane Bearnagh Trail: approx. 60% of the 60km | North West Co Monaghan |
Sliabh Beagh Way 65km cross border walking trail from Aughnacloy to Lisnaskea | Linear walking trail on minor roads, track and moorland across Bragan mountain | Approx. 1/3 of the route is in Monaghan | North Co Monaghan |
Knockatallon looped Walks | Four looped walks on mixed surfaces across Bragan mountain | The Tra Walk 10km The Rock Walk 6.5km The Bragan Walk 7km The Esh Walk 9km or shorter 3.5km loop | North Co Monaghan, using Sliabh Beagh Hotel in Knockatallon as the trailhead |
Emy Lough looped walk | Mostly off-road trail along lake shore. Last km is on minor road | 4km | Between Emyvale and Glaslough |
Senator Billy Fox Memorial Park | Short looped trails within a wooded park | 2km | Bawn |
Ballybay Walks | Three looped walks in and around Ballybay | Town Park: 500m Lough Major: 4.2km Corbrack Lane: 4.5km | Ballybay, all routes starting in the town park |
Ballybay Wetlands Trail | Looped walk through the farmland and along the lake shore of the Wetlands Centre | 2.1km | Ballybay, just outside the town on the Clones road |
Muckno Park | A network of walking trails around Black Island, White Island, and the former golf course are available | 5.8km of trails | Castleblayney |
The Hilly Way | On-road signed cycling route taking scenic back roads from Cabra Castle in Kingscourt to Carrickmacross | 8.7km route | South Co Monaghan |
Derrygorry/ Favour Royal Forest | Cross border forest which includes the Millennium Forest where a tree was planted for every person alive in Co. Monaghan in the year 2000 | 1.5km walk to St Patrick’s Chair & Well in Favour Royal Forest on NI side of border | North Monaghan |